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idfi^iC O.ltltbttHL^••• LaIII----N°- 30.644,(BE POSTAI SCANDALKEN'S INDEPENDENCECaused the Trouble— His OfficeLikely To Be Abolished.W&shirFton. May 24 (Special).— No Incident._ , ne current posloffice Investigation has moredesriy demonstrated the objectionable andaric-islous conditions which precipitated th.>7--e£e-t srardal than the deficiency in the divistt 0 * cf free delivery, which was disclosed exrfc_trely * n The Tribune's Washington dispatchff May 20- Surprise has been expressed to thepostmaster General by former SuperintendentMacfceri'-* Ci :• res that the mere existence of aflefldency •• ■ regarded as a matter of so muchjrr_vity, :: view of the fact that deficiencies areT ,oi CTcommoti either In the Postofnce or othercepnrtrriCr.ts of the government, and Mr. Paynehss invariably replied that It was not alone thecreation fa deficiency, but the complete Igrorls? of his known wishes by Superintendentijacljen ar.d the letter's refusal to consult the_*2<3 cf the postal service on the subject, to•R-hic_ he co earnestly objected. These acts ofirfltp^Tidence Mr. Payne criticises, and characterize? as "maladministration."To persons familiar with the circumstances itis evident that the Postmaster General has nowexperienced, haps for the first time, graveannoyance from the same insubordination thathas lor.c irritated the First Assistant Postmaster General, under whose supervision th<saffairs of the free delivery division were ostensibly conducted. A disregard of those in authority over him has long characterized Superintendent Machen's administration, but. accompanied t_s it was by unusual competence, it nasbeen ignored until charges of extravagance appeared to necessitate stricter supervision.Macben's methods, which have brought downupon him the reluctant, and therefore moresevere, condemnation of the Postmaster General,were the result of a mistaken idea that if hegranted every request of importunate Congressmen and served their interests before all elsehe was performing the most important of hisduties as general superintendent of free delivery, and that there existed no necessity forconsulting with or deferring to his superiorofficers in the PostofSce Department.Rural free delivery, undertaken only a shorttlane ego as an experiment, has met with almost unparalleled success. Its popularity hasmore than kept pace with its growth. The test,therefore, of most new Representatives has beentheir ability to secure the establishment in theirdistricts of one or more rural routes. First Assistant Postmaster Generals have come andpone, but Machen has stayed on and become thealpha and omega of rural free delivery lore.He could tell on the instant the number of patrons required to warrant the establishment ofs route, and give all other information pertaining thereto; and gradually members of Congress got into the habit of consulting him onthe subject and Ignoring the First AssistantPostmaster General. The pressure on him toestablish routes was strong-, and gradually, itis admitted, he came to regard the politicalexigencies of his Congressional friends as worthyof even more consideration than the economicand well ordered administration of departmentalfunds. Routes were established which brougatcriticism on the department for its extravagance, and it may be safely said that manymembers of Congress assured the accommodating superintendent that he need have no fearof making deficiencies, as they would provide thefunds.The situation has been accurately described«x- Representative Loud, who has said thatthere existed great extravagances In the free d«=division, and has pointed out that they« <^r<= largely due to the popularity of and tbeurgent demand for free delivery routes, whichremand was often met with more generositythan judgment. These were the circumstances* Mch resulted in Machen'6 distorted conception-' ■#■ duties and his relations to his superiors.He apparently forgot that he was, after a!','■-.:y a clerk, an employe whose place must beQlel by the Civil Service Commission, and thatr* was responsible to an Assistant PostmasterCtratral appointed by the President and conf-med by the Senate.This, then, was the unfortunate condition ofaffairs which confronted Robert J. Wynne whenv - first assumed the duties of First AssistantPostmaster General, and ' so became responsible for every act of the superintendent of the<si vision of free delivery. His requests for information regarding the details of that divisionan said to have met with impertinent rejoincere, or to have been completely ignored. His*tforts to familiarize himself with the workingsof that division were blocked at every turn.When Mr. Wynne got fairly into the saddleard found that he was unable to exercise whathe regarded as a proper supervision over a division of his office for which the PostmasterGeneral couid properly hold him responsible, heattempted to correct the evils by issuing variousoidtrs, as. for instance, that no official lettersbe written to members of Congress without hissignature, that no free delivery routes be established without his approval, etc. These orders Machea Ml resented, then studiously diar^-garded. He ..sserted that he had for yearsexercised full and sole control over his division.and he declined to be "dictatee to." Mr. Wynneii:en protested to the Postmaster General thati::_s was an anomalous, pernicious and insupportable condition of affairs, with the resultthat the current investigation was ordered.vostmaster General Payne never, it is thought,actually realized the high handed methods pur- »d in the tree delivery division until the receu: discovery that his wishes and instructionsregarding _. deSciency had been contemptuously ignored: but now that the situation has beentrough forcibly home to him. It is believed thatLe will institute a reorganization which will result not cniy in the permanent elimination ofofficials who have come to believe that there isar.y other head to the PoatoOoe Departmentthan the Postmaster General, but also in rendering Impossible the continuance of a systemwhich, \o use '.'.'- Payne's own words. Is "boundto be dt-.triir.ental to the entire postal service."It is regarded as extremely probable that,■rtth the passing of Max hen, the position of"general superintendent of free delivery" will beabolished. Had Maehea's earnest effort to havethis place changed to a bureau and himselfurpoir.ted Firth Assistant Postmaster Genera)proved Fuccessful. the tflice would have had areyou for being, but at present it is largelyaric:r.3loup. There is now a superintendent ofcity AfUrerr and a superintendent of rural freedelivery, earn at whom is doubtless competentto exercise Bach immediate supervision over hisrespective division as is essential, so that Marhsn's position was largely that of a go-betweenbetween these oTCclals and the First AssistantPastna—ter General.Moreover, lor the purpose of facilitating thecurrent Investigation, the entire division of freedelivery was transferred to the bureau presidedover iv Fourth AFslstant Postmaster GeneralUrL-oow. That it will be returned In its entiretyto Mr. Wynne's bureau is a matter of doubt.There is ■ done interrelation between the starroute tervlc*. presided over by ths Second Asiist::r;' Postma_;tfr General, and the rural freedelivery F*rvtoe. ;.wl it _ regarded as likely that,tvhen the reorganization, which Is certain to follow the present tiivepfgation occurs, the division of rural fr*>e delivery will be incorporatedin the bureau ■■' Second Assistant PostmasterGeneral Ehnlienberper. and that of city free delivery r<*Ftor«vJ to thp Korea« of First AssistantPostrnsßter General Wynne.COiS.You ca^ save a day practically by taking tbeN«wYork Certrsl* -20th Century Limited between--. --L k'ori ar-J C__c__ro.— Advt.To-day, fair and warmer.To-morrow, fresh east -rind*.PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND PARTY ON TOP OF GLACIER POINT, YOSEMITE VALLEY, CALIFORNIA.1 President Roosevelt. 3 President Wheeler of ths University of California. 3 President Butler of Columbia University.STOPS HORSE SUDDENLY.Policeman Weighing 800 PoundsSaves Women.Patrolman George Bellar, of the East Onehundred-and-fourtb-st. station, who weighsnearly three hundred pounds, made an heroicrescue yesterday afternoon at One-hundred-andthird-st. and Lexington-ave.. -when he stoppeda runaway horse attached to a carriage containing two badly frightened women.Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Corn, of No. 110 EastOne-hundred-and-third-st.. went driving yesterday afternoon in their surrey, taking withthem their niece. Miss Sadie Witkowski. of No.66 East One-hundred-and-fifth-st. They returned to' the Corn home about 6 o'clock. Mr.Corn imped out of the surrey and prepared tonppist the women in getting out. Some boy?were playing in the street, and one of themthrew a stone which struck the horse on itshead. The animal, smarting under the pain,started forward at a jump, and in a minute wasgoing at full speed toward Lexington-ave. Mrs.Corn and Miss Witkowski screamed with fright,but did not attempt to jump.Patrolman Bellar was standing at Lexingtonave. and One-hundred-and-thlrd-st., when henoticed people running In all directions. Look-Ing west in One-hundred-and-third-st.. he sawthe runaway approaching him. It was near thecorner, and Bellar, without hesitating a moment, ran into the middle of the roadway. Hewas just in time, for the horse reached the cartracks in Lexington-ave. just as he did. Bellarreached out with his left hand and caught thebridle. With his right hand he grasped thehorses nostrils, and then threw his weight onthe animal's head. The horse came to a suddenhalt, and then tried to free himself from thepoliceman's grasp, but without avaiL Bellarheld the horse until he was quiet, and then ledhim to the curb line, where the women were assisted to alight by Mr. Corn, who had followedin the wake of the runaway.Corn was profuse in his thanks to Bellar. andpromised to write a letter to CommissionerGreene commending him for his action. CaptainSmith, of the East One-hundred-and-fourth-st.station, said last night that in spite of hisweight Bellar was one of the best policemen inhis command. __HUNDREDS HOMELESS.Cloudburst in Oklahoma — PropertyLoss Heavy-Enid. Ok!a., May 24.— Hundreds of personswere rendered homeless and property damageto the extent of $300,000 was done in the Enidbottoms alone by a cloudburst that struck westof this city at midnight last night. The aggregate damage probably will be much higher onaccount of losses sustained between here andthe seat of the storm. A bank of water threefeet high and two hundred feet wide sweptthrough the bottoms at midnight, carryinghouses and everything before it. It came on thetown without warning, while most of the citizens were asleep. Within a few minutes ahundred houses were partly or completely submerged.Rescuers went to work immediately and ahnight labored to save persons from perilous positions Many lost everything they possessed.The means for relieving distress are inadequate.The rainfall for the last ten days has been theheaviest in the history of the Territory, and indications are that more will follow. Reports oflosses west of here are meagre, but it is believed that heavy damage was done.MAN KILLED BY LIGHTNING.Another Bolt Strikes a Streetcar in Motion.Pittsbu-" May 24.— A thunderstorm, accompaniedby a high 'wind, struck this section this afternoonar<3 besides killing one man did considerablen-rtv damage. Milton W. Robinson, of West£££ rg . <££ to Schenley Park with a partyof "lends. When the storm came up he soughtLiter from the drenching rain under a big ash'rei in Panther Hollow. He had been there only""0n,,,,, when ÜBhtning- struck the tree. it«.Hv^earlng It to pieces and killing Robinson in,t His fc - or five friends, who were withinS^ "Jlflv" fill <■ '-• «««>* withoUt eV6n a*?£££££** —* a streetcar on theM^ee^ort branch of the Plttsbure Railwaysc* a T and caused a panic among the pas*=VdU £™. *»«** *« were;-: l T b P r e uLd ln^ne. who fell on them werehtdly bruised and one. who fell on bos head, fpf T t P mS b w!_i flowed by a hailstorm.RAILROAD TRACKS WASHED OUT.t- - Maw *jl — Hish water is causingT T. k r'o U^"or r^'roal in this State. The SantaV r <* or JS-.-, Pacific has a washout atSSwt JdVeTock Island having dimitym moving trains in Northern Kan^ i 3At Emporla the <*"° n ™ ta|t country . HeavyUs bank 9 and flood^n farrnin. Btat. for a weekgeneral "^jjgjjj fall cove red the central part of»Wj ._^_n«--i 35th St.. betwem sih Aye.city summer home.-Advt. ._ ;NEW-YORK. MONDAY. MAY^ 25. 1903. -TWELVE PAGES.-trT^n^V^^^AUTOMOBILES SPREAD DEATH.SIX KILLED AND MANY INJURED IN THE FIRSTSTAGE OF THE PARIS-MADRID CONTEST.Shocking Series of Casualties Along the Road from, Versailles to Bordeaux— Governments of France and Spain Intervene.A SERIES OF HORRORS.Cars Overturn, Take Fire and KillSpectators.Paris. May 24.— A shocking series of accidents,resulting in the death of at least six persons,fatal injuries to several, and many lesesr casualties, marked the first stage of the Paris-Madrid automobile race to-day, and dispatchesarriving from points along the ootnwa keep adding to the list of fatalities.The most terrible accident occurred near Bonneval, nineteen mlies from Charters, wheremachine No. 243, driven by M. Porter, was overturned at a railroad crossing and took fire. Thechauffeur was caught underneath the automobileand was burned to death, while two soldiersand a child were killed.A chauffeur was badly injured by an accidentto his motor car near AngoulGme. A womancrossing the road In the neighborhood of Abliswas run over by one of thi» competing cars andkilled.Mr. Stead and his chauffeur, who were firstreported to have bean killed, are still alive. Itseems that their automobile had a collisionwith another car with which Mr. Stead had beenracing for several kilometres, wheel to wheel,and was completely overturned in a ditch nearMontguyon. Mr. Stead was caught under themachine, while his chauffeur was hurled a distance of thirty feet and had his head and bodybadly cut. Mr. Stead was conscious when h°was picked up, but complained of sufferinggreat pain. H* was conveyed to the nearestfarm.A dispatch from Bordeaux announced thatLorraine Barrows had met with a shocking accident near Libourne. seventeen miles from Bordeaux, at 1:45 o'clock this afternoon. It appearsthat Mr. Barrows had tried to avoid a dogwhich was crossing the track, and his monstercar. No. 5 in the race, struck a tree with terrific force. His chauffeur was killed outright.Barrows himself was picked up unconscious, butstill breathing, ar.d was taken to a hospital,where his condition was declared to be critical.His car was dashed to pieces.Shortly afterward news came that MarcelRenault h^d been overturned in a deep ditchbeside the road near Couhe. twenty-one milasfrom Poitiers, and that he was dangerouslyinjured. The Automobile Club of Bordeaux received a dispatch at 4 o'clock saying thatRenault was unconscious, and. It was feared,dying. Louis Renault. Marcel's brother, wasdeeply affected by the news, and at once startedback to his brother's assistance. Orders weregiven to withdraw all the Renault cars from therace.Many lesser breakdowns and casualties are reported. An early report that one of the twobrothers Farman had been injured is unconfirmed.MOURNING AT BORDEAUX.Bordeaux. May 24.— The illuminations whichwere fixed for to-night in honor of the automobile race have been countermanded as a sign ofmourning for the persons killed in the contest.GOVERNMENT'S ACTION UPHELD.London, May 25-— Most of the papers thismorning comment with satisfaction on the stoppage of the Paris-Malrid automobile race. Theydilate on the dangers of racing, but offer no suggestions as to the prohibition or regulation ofsuch racing in general, o;- the James GordonBennett Cup race, which is to be held in Ireland, in particular. 'TWO KILLED AT BRISTOL.Many Seriously Injured in Motor Car Accident.Bristol. England. May 24.-A serious motorcycle accident occurred here yesterday. Thomotor swerved into a crowd of spectators, twoof whom were killed and many seriousiy injured.DE< "OKA.TION DAY TRIPSTHE CONTEST STOPPED.Forbidden by French Premier andSpanish Government.Paris. May 24.— 1n view n{ th* number of accidents, some fatal, in th«? first stage of theParis-Madrid automobile race, from Versaillesto Bordeaux, the Premier. M Combes, has forbidden the continuance of the contest on Frenchterritory. The second stage of the race, whichwas to have been continued on Tuesday, included a run over French territory from Bordeaux to the Spanish frontier.It Is reported that th«» Spanish Governmenthas also forbidden tpp continuance of the raceon Spanish territory-LEADERS IN THE' RACE.Gabriel and Louis Renault First toReach Bordeaux.Paris. May 24. — The first stage in the Paris-Madrid automobile race from Versailles to Bordeaux, 343 miles, finished at noon to-day, whenLouis Renault dashed at a furious pace intoBordeaux, having made a record run of eighthours and twenty-seven minutes. An hourlater H. Gabriel arrived with a still better record of eight hours, seven minutes. It ia estimated from the times made that these automobiles covered sixty-two miles an hour on theroad outside the cities.The name of W. K. Vanderbllt, jr., disappearedfrom the reports along the route after Rambouiilet. where he passed, twenty-eighth Snorder, at 4:45 o'clock this morning, going infine form. The omission of his name from thedispatches from Chartres, the next town on theroad, caused some anxiety and brought forth anumber of inquiries. It was learned later thathe. Henri Fournier and Baron de Forest withdrew from the race together before reachingChartree. All of them had breakdowns, andhaving lost three hours they decided that it wasuseless to continue. Mr. Vanderbilt and Baronde Forest returned to the Hotel Rltz at 11o'clock this morning. They laughed and madelight of their withdrawal. Foxhall P. Keene."Tod" Sloan and W. J. Dannat, the Americanartist, did not appear at the starting line thismorning when their turn was reached, and consequently did not take part in tha race, C.Gray-Dinemore ie the only American left inthe contest.Versailles had a night of wild excitement. Itis estimated that one hundred thousand persons crowded into the little town to witness thestart of the race. Soldiers with fixed bayonetslined the track for some distance from Versailles.The reports along the route showed that LouisRenault was making a great race, and beforeChartres he had overtaken and passed CharlesJarrott and Rene de Knyff, and gained a leadwhich he never after lost. Dispatches fromVendome, Tours and Poictlers told of hi 3 passing through ahead, and Bordeaux sent the announcement of his arrival first, at 12:14:45. Hehad beaten Henri Foumier's record of S hoursand 44 minutes. Charles Jarrott finished second, at 12:30. having covered the course in 8hours. 44 minutes. M. Gabriel arrived third, at1:08. his time being 8 hours. 7 minutes. Theother contestants who made fast time were J.Salleron. 8 hours. 40 minutes; Baron de Crawher. 8 hours, 53 minutes; J. B. Warden. 8 hours50 minutes, and M. Volgt, 8 hours, 55 minutes.It is stated that Louis Renault's automobileattained at Beourdiniere, between Chartres andBonneval, a ma_xunum speed of eighty-eight andthree-quarter miles an hour.The result of the first stage of the race appears to be a draw between the merits of theiight and heavy vehicles. Louis Renault drovea light machine, weighing 050 pounds and of80 horsepower, while Gabriel drove a heavy machine of 70 horsepower, weighln* 1,000 pounds.The times of the winners of the first stage, deducting the time allowance for slowing down inside the cities, are as follows: Gabriel. 5 hours13 minutes; Louis Renault, 5 hours 32 minutes:Salleron, 5 hours 46 minutes; Jarrott, 5 hours51 minutes; Warden, 5 hours 56 minutes; Baronde Crawher, 6 hours 1 minute; Voigt, 8 hours 2minutes- Barras, tj hours 12 minutes; Rougler. 8hours 18 minutes, ar.d Mouter. 6 hours. 17 minutes.••CINCINNATI-ST. LOUIS LIMITED."Five trains a day from New York to Cincinnatiand ft. Louis- by the New York Centra:. Including•Tb-'li-aiud/* l*s,vln« New York: at 6JO p. m.-Advt.SMOKES IN BRIDGE JUMP.Suicide on Anniversary of Openingof Structure.THROWS HAT AT A PURSUER.The twentieth anniversary of the opening ofBrooklyn Bridge was marked yesterday by another suicide from the middle of tha centre span.As a Fulton-st. open trolley ar reached a spotabout two hundred feet east 'of the New-Torktower, one of the four passengers, still puffingon a cigar he had been smoking. Jumped fromthe car, which was going swiftly.The motorman. William Cornelius, or the sigral of the conductor. Edward Gauch. halted th*car. but before It stopped the passenger, pursuedby John Clark, of engine company No. 7, whowas al3o a passenger, had climbed up the highetrlngplece at the edge of the roadway, thrownhis hat in the face of the fireman, and divedhead first, the cigar still between his teeth.The fireman called to Policeman Martin Hogan.of the bridge police, statxmed «n thf pedestrianplatform:"Man jumped! Gel a boat:'"The motorman. conductor, fireman and AbelBennet, of No. 29 Boerum place; FrederickZnrm, of No. 283 Bainbridge-st., and anotherpassenger, lined the edge of th* roadway andwatched the body of the Jumper as it turnedover and over on its way to the water.When it struck it rose immediately, and tbestrong ebb tide bor« it face upward toward thechannel.In response to Policeman Hogan's telephone.Roundsman Tyler and Policemen Bohm andCharles, of the bridge police, stationed at theNew-Tork end, put out after the body fromDover-st., but it had been borne down nearlyoff the Battery by the time they got their boatinto the river.Clark, who was "n his war home. ToM th*police that he realized what the stranger Intended doing as soon as he paw him leap fromthe car. According to the fireman, the jumperappeared to be a German. He lit a cigar assoon as he got on th* car at the New-Tork end.and then settled back as if to enjoy his snow.He appeared to be ia a good humorDRAGGED BY RUNAWAYRider Clung to Reins After BeingUnseated.While riding in Madison-aye. yesterday JohnBlake, of No. 24 East Forty-seventh-st.. wasthrown from his horse at Ninety-sixth-st. andsustained injuries that caused his removal tothe Harlem Hospital.His mount was galloping when, at Ninetysixth-st.. an automobile shot across his path.The horse reared, plunged and unseated Blake.He clung to the relcs and was dragged a shortdistance before Policeman Schlitzer, of the EastOrie-hundred-and-fourth-st. station, saw hisplight and stopped the horse.Blake was in a semi-conscious condition andwas suffering from a severe scalp wound anda badly wrenched right arm. Dr. Donovan, whoattended him, said that the right elbow hadprobably been fractured.TJPHOLDS RIGHT TO TRANSFERS.Magistrate Discharges Passenger Who Insisted on Riding on One.Meyer Edelman, who ea'd he was a clerk, afNo. 29 West One-hundred-and-eighteenth-st ..was charged by James Flanagan, a conductor,with disorderly conduct, before Magistrate Sallav In the Harlem Police Court yesterday.Flanagan said that Edelman boarded a Madison-aye. car and offered a t~ansfer at One-hundred-and-sixteenth-st.. Issued by the One-hundred-and-aixteenth-st. crosstown line. Thetransfer, according to Flanagan was good on anorthbound car. but not a southbound, forwhich the corrpany issues no transfers frorr: theeastbourd crosstown car that had brought Edelman to the transfer point.Flanagan demanded cash fare and on Edelman's refusal to pay ordered him off the car.Edelrr.an declined to go, and in a disputethe conductor alleged. Edelman struck him before he was ejected at One-hundred-and-twelfthst. There Edelmaa was arreated on the complaint of the conductor.Edelrran Raid he had received the transferfrom th? conductor of an eastbound One-hundred-ar.d-sixteer.th-st. car. and when he offeredit to Flanagan he aitegsd the conductor had aseauited him."I think that the prisoner had s, right toride either north or south en the transfer." saidthe magistrate. "The municipal courts hare decided against the Metropolitan Railway Company !n this matter, ami in feveral ca^es wherethe company has refused to give transfers atcertain crossings they have awarded damagesagainst the company. Until those cases whicnhave "been appealed by the company are decidedI shall "hold with the municipal courts and discharge such cases as these."He discharged Edelman.\n inspector of the company who was In courttold the rr,as!«trate that he understood thatEdelman had forced a number of other conductors on southbound cars to accept north transfava,125 TO COLORADO AND BACKfrom Chicago. July 1 to 10. Chicago. Milwaukeeand St. PaaTßanw*f. 381 Broadway .-A&rt.PRICE THREE CENTS.THE SANDWICH AT CONEYDISPORTS IN ITS GLORYMust Sell Food With Drink or GoTo Clink.Good old Coney! Elsewhere th* R*lr 7 I*^may have its terrors; in other realms Sunday*may be "dry"; the shadow of the sandwten mayo'ercloud Manhattan, already darkened by th;decrees of the Wine, Beer and Liqnor Dealer-.Association, but. thirsty one. hie threp to Coney!There, indeed, doth the festive sandwich disportItself, but (whisper it not to Lindinp<»r.> if onehave discretion In the choosing of the place ofthe assuaging of his thirst, no cost attacherhto the eating thereof Let only the rash vertur*to that extant, however.With yesterday's chilly weather. Coney's vi'tue as to excise regulations could hardly have agreat popular test. The hotel keepers, however,did their best. Quick to act on CommissionerGreene's statement that a sandwich, if orderedand paid for, constituted ■ meal, even if M costonly a cent, the stock of those edibles (?) was .j refurbished. As to the charging for them, th*»visitor might obtain for tr.e cent a microscopictabloid, an Inch long, of r ad, which figured onth» bill of fare as a "i .__j sandwich." Otherplaces charged for a "= ndwich and a glass o?beer" five cents, while .-. the better class ofeating places and the ho'els proper a sandwichhad to be ordered before a drink was served,and the regular price was charged for It. Th«bill of fare appended will give an excellent Ideaof how the "meals" comply with the law:BILL. OF FARE.Ham c-ndwtch. -rU_, glass of bear _....••Chee»« sandwich, wits bott'e of beer ............DoSardlua sandwich, with whiskey or sin ........ ....150Caviar sandwich, with pony of brandy .........20aCol.l ham sandwich, with cocktails 30"Cold roast b«*f, with cordials ...20<jCheese and crackers, with bottle of al* or porUr 30«Cold tongue, with glass of P.h.p.9 wine .• 180Cold tongue, with 8"i»?« of port or sherry ........ ...15cRoquefort ch*es*. with mixed drinks .30*West;haUa. ,-is. wlt_ champagne. .......... pt. $2. Qt. 94According to *he police. "Coney is tight.**Captain Knlpe had his plain clothes men out infull force, but late last night the only excise arrest was of Christian Fiske, proprietor of anautomatic slot machine for vending drinks.the offence charged was that his "barroom doorwas open to the street." flis 'barroom" was th«room in which the machine stood."We're enforcing the laws," Captain Knlpe remarked, "and we intend to keep on enforcing:them. It's been decided that if a man order? *sandwich and is satisfied with it. he's had a meaLSo we are seeing to It that the3e people put outtheir sandwiches. We've had no trouble; in fact,with one or two exceptions, the hotelkeeperson the island want to obey the law. Now, It'sa funny thing, and niost people wouldn't beli«v»It, that the trouble all comes from the waiters.They're paid 10 cents or. the dollar, and with *bit- crowd they hustle to .ell all the beer theycan, so they forget the sandwiches. That's whatmake 3th law look sick."The head waiters of most of the drinkinsrplaces were strict about this point yesterday.Enough sandwiches, quality not material, mustbe placed at each taste to "cover" the drinkers.Whether they came along: after the drinks didn'tmatter. As the night began to grow old. however, the strictness waned, and the waiters resumed their normal weekday methods.CAN SERVE PRINK ON FBESTTHPTIOTT. ,Magistrate 2reen Holds Hotel Prop-May -Expect Guest to Buy Heal, Too.Magistrate sweaa, yesterday in the Torkvill*court, gave a decision on the Liquor Tax Law sn-5the Sunday sandwich question."When a man enters a hotel, the proprietor andhis employes have a right to presume that th*man that enters makes himself a guest, and intendsto obey ths spirit of the law." said the magistrate;"hence, if he orders a drink, the hotel proprietoror his employes, presuming that the guest Intendsto order a dinner, may. in my opinion, serve htmwith a drink first." This was in the case of JohnJ. Cas'idy, a hartander. of No 233 East Tenth-st..who was arrested by Policeman Cohen, of th«Fifth-st, station. Cohen testified that he found ninemen in the rear room of the place, which was ahotei, and that each man had a drink before hint.Cassidy refused to serve the polictman •nrith %drink because he was not a guest of the ho* anawhen he wanted to buy a meal declined on the samground Cassidy was discharged.TRY TO TSAP BIG HOTELS.O'Connor's Men Fooled at Waldorf, ImperialHoffman House and Others.Captain O'Connor ox the Tenderloin station searout fifteen detectives In plain clothes yesterday tolook for violations of the excise law. The men notonly visited a lot of Raines law hotels, but triedeven in tha Waldorf. Imperial and all th« bisBroadway hotels to get dri__t3 without meals.Two detectives walked Into the Waldorf and satdown at a table In the dining room. A wal-.er appeared, and they asked for whiskey. The waiterselected a bill of fare from ths table and handed Itto one, procuring another for the o.her detective.'•What dishes do you care to haver* asied haThe detectives looked at each other, and to theastonishment c: the waiter sot OT and walked outTwo others tried the same thing at the HotelImperial and had alike , experience ihe HorliaanHouse was visited with Uke result. All th» Ci»"$& d°e'ectiv*es made eight' James. Ward,marager of 3. Karly s saloon, at No. o&JSove-th-ave . William Thomas, a waiter aPatrick MarVin's Raines law hotel, at No. 259 Sevent^-ave • Joseph Legrand, a bartar.der in LudsnArdl^s saloon at Ncs. 121 and 123 West Twenpslxth-st.. and Patrick F:ynn. a .waiter in NicholasHerrin's Raines law hotel, at Nos. 56 and 08 "WsstEishteenth-sc; James Ivory, a bartender in JosephWall's saloon, at No. IK West Thirty-first-st. ; Ott»Arls a bartender in Herman D. Kopke's saloon, atVo. 277 Seventh-a-e.; Theodore BarteU. manassr ofa Raines law hotel owned by Frederick ■ mann.at No -34 Fourth-aye.. and George Goettelinan.bartender in a hotel at No 3. Ml and «3 3eventh-s.vs..■were the prisoners.In nearly every instance the cause of, arrest wasthe serving of drinks without sufficient pr-»t<?nc» ofa meal, or without any solid food whatever.MAX O'BELL DEADPaul Blouet; the Well Known Author, Expires at Paris.Paris. May 24.— Paul Blouet (Max O'RslD. __■•author, died in this city to-night. He had beenailing for several months, and had never beenreally well since he was operated on in New-York last year for appendicitis.Paul Blouet. better known as Max G'Rell. author.traveller and lecturer, and In r«c«nt year- specialcorrespondent for all Europe of 'The New-ToriJournal." was born in Brittany on March 2. liaHe received Mi ' education at Paris. Waen thsFranco-Prussian War croke out, he was an officerla the cavalry division. b«ins taken prisoner atSXian. Being severely wound**! 1" the Com stunsriots and afterward pensioned, he went to Englandin 1372 as a London correspondent rer French newspapers. From 1575 to 1384 a* was master at St.Paul's SchoeLMax O'R-H was more than widely known by himwritings and lectures. "John Bull and His I«land"appeared In I*B3. "Jonathan and His Continent" to1883," and "A frenchman In America" In • •;. Otherworks included "John Bull and Company" <13>O."Jac<r_es Bonhoinme 1 ' ft»». "Woman and Artist(10001 "Her Royal Hijjh.,ejj Woman." (1980 and"Between Ourselves" (1902). All of his works, wtoichwere first published in France, have be«n translatedInto tinzlfah by his wifs. Seven seasons et Milecture tours were spent la America, ana n* v.sttsaalso Australia. Tasacanla, K«w-Z«*l»n« and BoufihAfrica. __________»_____EVERT MAN WANTS MAP OF MANCHURIA.Greener. Commercial AasM of the United Statesat Vlsdivostock. says: "The best map of ManchurUIs published by the New York Central." A copy wB .be mailed on receipt of flse cents In ■*■-:* by O. -i.Daniels, O. P. A.. New York.— Advt.